The 1997 Asia Cup (also known as the Pepsi Asia Cup 1997) was the sixth

Asia Cup The Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup is a men's One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament. It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries. ...

tournament, and the second to be held in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The tournament took place between July 14–26, 1997. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan,

and Bangladesh. The 1997 Asia Cup was a

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...

where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final where Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup and ending India's three consecutive championship run.

Squads

Matches

Group stage

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

References

* ESPN Cricinfo: Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Jul 1997 http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61008.html

External links

Cricket archive tournament page
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